Table 10
Persons accused of police-reported violent crime where a firearm was present, by type of firearm, Canada, 2012

Table 10
Persons accused of police-reported violent crime where a firearm was present, by type of firearm, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Persons accused of police-reported violent crime where a firearm was present. The information is grouped by Age group of accused (appearing as row headers), Handgun, Rifle/shotgun, Other firearm, Firearm-like weapon and Total , calculated using number, percent and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group of accused Handgun Rifle/shotgun Other firearmNote 1 Firearm-like weaponNote 2 Total
number percent number percent number percent number percent number rateNote 3 percent
12 to 17 years 306 38.3 95 11.9 43 5.4 354 44.4 798 42.7 100
18 to 24 years 712 54.4 228 17.4 64 4.9 304 23.2 1,308 50.2 100
25 to 34 years 480 57.9 151 18.2 57 6.9 141 17.0 829 22.1 100
35 to 44 years 193 47.0 117 28.5 17 4.1 84 20.4 411 11.3 100
45 to 54 years 108 37.0 98 33.6 16 5.5 70 24.0 292 7.1 100
55 to 64 years 22 22.2 44 44.4 7 7.1 26 26.3 99 2.9 100
65 years and over 15 29.4 25 49.0 0 0.0 11 21.6 51 1.4 100
Unknown age 4 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ... 6 ... ...
Total accused persons 1,840 48.5 759 20.0 204 5.4 991 26.1 3,794 16.5 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes fully automatic firearms and sawed-off rifles and/or shotguns.

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Note 2.

Includes all weapons that are capable of propelling any object through a barrel by means of gunpowder, CO2 (compressed carbon dioxide), or pumped air, such as flare guns, pellet guns, or starter's pistols. For UCR data, this category also includes all unknown types of firearms.

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Note 3.

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st population estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

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Note: Rate and percent calculations exclude cases where the age of the accused is unknown. Excludes Quebec due to a large proportion of unknowns for weapons-related data.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey.
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